isla

Meaning

1. (feminine) island (area of land surrounded by water)
2. (feminine) block (group of urban lots of property)

Concepts

island

isle

islet

block

skerry

key cay

land

Shimane

Hyphenated as

is‧la

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈisla/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish isla, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Latin īnsula (compare Catalan illa, French île, Galician insua, Italian isola, Portuguese ínsua). Doublet of ínsula, a borrowing. Cognate with English isle.

Sentences

Actualmente es una de las ciudades con mayor población en la isla .

By now, it is the town with the greatest population.

En el verano , grandes zonas de la isla están libres de hielo y nieve .

In the summer, large areas of the island are free of ice and snow.

Así se produce el fenómeno de efecto " isla de calor urbana ".

This is how the phenomenon of the "urban heat island" effect occurs.

Es Endemismo de la isla de Nueva Bretaña , Papúa Nueva Guinea .

It is endemic to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Originalmente la isla y el edificio solamente podían ser alcanzados mediante embarcaciones .

Originally the island and the building could only be reached by boats.